The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-18 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of 3liss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING. SH STOOPS TO CONQUER : Miss Touisa Pyne, Miss Hiles ; Messrs. 11. Cord, G. rerren, and 'W. Harrison. To conclude with FANCHETTE. Doors open at half-past Six— Com mence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. the Performances will Rom elle commence with THE FOUR. MOWBRAY'S. Matter Percy . After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelp?. To conclude with a dia new ri farce. T FIE ALABA M A. Mr. G. Be l m ore and Miss Lydia Prices as triva.l. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEAT RE ROYAL IT AY NI Sole Lessee and Manazor, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. After which, BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. To be followed by OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buekstone, Chippendale, Rovers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &e ; 3lesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, And AN UNLUCKY MORTAL : Mr. W. Farren and Nits M. Barris, Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATR Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN". After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. The Two ROYAL LY C EIJ THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. Last Three Nights before Easter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widdicornbe, Shore Garden, F. Charles Collett, M ess. ; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A 'ter which, at Eight o'clock, the 114th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhars " Italian Chronicle 4," by Mr. John Brougham. Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, 51es. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or the the safe keeping of hat ; and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-offtee open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. AIR, YEUTTER, in consequence of the accident he met with on Saturday night. and by the advice of leis t ,hysicians, will be UNABLE to APPEAtt until Easter Monday, March 28, when he will resume his chara c t er of Angelo, in "Bel Demonio." tts,,T EW THE ,crltE-11.0 VAL, ADELPHI.-.• Solo Prooristor and Manacror. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE RETT Y HORSEBREAKE R. Mr. J. L Toole and &lies Woolgar. At Eight, LEAH . Miss Bate nan, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling. R. Phillips, Bilington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billino, , ton. Toe uclude with. 10th time, T liE AREA BELLE : STessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. h tan. member for Dudley said last evening) he, this right hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, could sus- Liend the grave business of the House, for we know not how long, while talking about Mr. H. B. SHERI DAN'S aunt, his uncle, his brother, and others of his re lations! We have an Under-Secretary for Fo reign Affairs—[the Secretary of State himself being cleverly relegated to the House of Peers, so that wherever his conduct may happen to be arraigned in the Commons the Premier can scernfully depre n ate criticism upon anything affecting a man who is absent !]]--ge have an Under-Se cretary for Foreiga Affairs so wonderfully hoighty toighty in his manner of late, that if asked the plainest question imaginable, he can hardly contriae for the life of him to be civil while answering it. We have a Secretary for Ireland so exactly fitted for his position, as such, that when discussing the affairs of that still b flEct ed sister island, he can indulge in buffooneries about the Fenians or what not, thereby exciting a sympathetic House of Commons to shouts of laughter. We have a Postmaster-General who, whether rightly or wrongly, has acquired for himself at any rate the credit of having worried oat of his position as Secretary at St. Mar tin's-le-Grand—that man of men as such, Sir ROWLAND HILL, the Right Man in the Right Place, if ever there was one, the instant acceptance of whose resignation upon the " plea" of ill health is never once hesitated over by Lord STANLEY of Adderley. We have a Dake at the Head of the Board of Admiralty so intensely unpopular in that official capacity of his as First Lord, that upon the earliest vacancy in the representation down at Devon port the whole country awakens to the ignominous rejection of the Government candidate by the con stituency, and the election in his stead not simply of a Tory, but of the truest blue Tory among Tories, of Mr. BUSFIELD FEERAND, in fact, who comes in triumphantly at the head of the poll as M.P. for Devonport. And now as the youngest member of that same Board of Admiralty whom have we ? Is it not Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, M.P. for Halifax, Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, Brewer, Mr. JAMES STANS FELD, of 35, Trarloe-square, Brompton, formerly of 2, Sydney place, ditto, now for several months past, and still (let us give him his full title as he himself rather osten tatiously claims it) " Minister of the Crown" —Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, who, for eighteen years past has been, and still is, the intimate personal . friend and associate of one whose name ,s an object of abhorrence throughout all Chris tendom. ISS BATENIAN.—LEAH.—EVERY EVEN ' cc.—Ort SATURD , Y, the 145th and I.st nil ht be fore Easter Monday'. when Miss Batement will re-ao• ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish mad n otil further notice. In • rder o give due effect to t :is most remarkable sucles 4 ot the se son, e t ireiy new sc nery by the celebrat .d arists Messrs. Oans - m and -ons, a Thomps n, and new dr ss s and appcOttmrts have be n p-epare for its prod ,c -,.—N. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications a - . the Box-offi e, arrangement have i.ow been made by which Slats m y be obtaine i a Fortnight In Ad vance. M A. Tij N l N D T T E B x. S T T i h n I t . he DEAD R. B E AT, R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are en , agerl :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Toile, Mr. Paul Bedford. Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley. and Mr. Chas. ?Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Hiss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles 3lataews. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7 oVock, UNDER THE RDSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mis 4 Patti Josephs. At a quarter before S, the new Comedy, by L. Bucking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER. LI,N I Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic RMri harl Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one, Mr. Montague ; s. es Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Hiss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth. and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated irom the French) in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUABE Several novelties are in preparation. On SATURDAY next, March 19, a variety of entertain ments, for the BENEFIT of M-. and Mrs. CII&BLES MA.TIIEWS. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. ;21.) THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. 1131 ford, Mr. ra.rgelle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Hsi 'Thorne. Atter which, the Grand Chrigtmls g ir ie l que, 0 ttp ITE US XIND ELT RY ou3E: Messrs. Honey, Wood. James Fenton, forresdames Swanboronzh, Marie Wilton, Hughcs, Concluding with 31NIV3ATE SAN D 3. . _ Commence at 7. pHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," JI L Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENTE, pan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL ALS COMPANY'S CO. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .265. per ton. Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 251. ~ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, iNirestbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf , ".?i ddn c.fton, W. Best Cole Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. With Mr. STANSFELD'S fair fame, as the int mate friend and associate of M. MAzZINI, the Government last evening may be said fairly and plainly to have identified themselves. They evidenced their readiness not merely to stand by him, but to stand or fall with him. When he made his appearance in the House last evening he was cheered vociferously. What for, it would be difficult to con jecture! Unless it may have been for - his intimacy with M. MAZZINI, or for his indecent panegyric the other evening upon that apologist of assassina tion. In reference to the charges directed against Mr. STANSFELD by the Attorney-General cf France, the late Procureur Imperial, there was in point of fact not only a rather serious discussion last even ing in the House of Commons, but, at the close of that discussion, a rather momentous division. Out of a House of 332 members, exclusive of the tellers, Ministers pulled through by a narrow majority of just nine. Rather a close shave of it — under the circumstances! If wo could only offer them our congratulations upon it ! Yet, how, in deed, under those circumstances, can it be in any Way possible to cffer them our congratulations ? Sir JOHN PAKINGTON last evening put the matter at issue as clearly as a few simple words could put it, in the manner followinB :—" What," he asked, "are the facts of the case as they stand. Signor MAz zINI is the avowed associate and adviser of the assassin GREco. Signor MAZzINI is also the avowed associate and adviser of the assassin GALLENGA, and for years the hon. member opposite has been the intimate associate of the friend and adviser of assassins. These are the plain facts befo7e us. Something," added the right hon. baronet (and surely with reason), " something is due to the dignity of this house ; something is due to the feelings of our French allies, who are naturally irritated and, angry at finding these foul plots being one after another brought to maturity in this country. And it must be painful to find that a gentleman holding the high position of member of Parliament and mem ber of her MAJESTY'S Government has lived HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nin DAY.—Morning, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, 11h. 16m. o-monnow.-Morning, llh. 51 ra . —Afternoon, b. m. The Weather—Sun Office, March 18, 1884. -+ THERMOMETER, This:day:let Two o'clock Barometer 7-30.05. Wind—East; moderate breeze, and very fine. ;w for years as an intimate associate of this Signor ManiNl." Her MAJESTY'S Ministers however, think not, and their supporters in the House of Commons coincide with them last night in so thinking. It is, to put it in the mildest pos sible phrase, a decision—on theipart of the Cabinet and on the part of their thick-dnd•thin supporters in the House of Commons—profoundly to be re gretted. As to Mr. STANSFELD'S reply (so-called) last evening—Lord PALMERSTON actually avowed (not, however, without provoking by his avowal in dignant cries of " Oh, oh !"), Lord PALMERSTON ac tually avowed that it appeared to him "satisfactory!" Satisfactory? Yet, what—among other agreeable little things—transpired through that so-called re ply of Mr. STANSFELD'O ? Recollect, that the Pro. cureur Imperial had so spoken the other day upon the occasion of the trial of GRECO and his accom plices that everyone's impression, here in England, there in France, had come to be this—that letters intended for m i_AZZINI, ',addressed to a person of the name: of FLOWER, were transmitted from abroad, through the Post Office, directed to this " FLOWER" at Mr. STANSFELD'S house, 35, Thurloe square, Brompton, S.W. Well—and in regard to this, what are the facts cf the case as they were actually extorted at last, yesterday evening, from the naturally reluctant lips of Mr. STAN SFELD ? He was going to sit down quietly after a few, as it appears to us (begging Lord PALMERSTON'S pardon for venturing to say so)most unsatisfactory remarks, neither here nor there, in any way to the point— Mr. STANSFELD was positively going to sit down quietly last evening without uttering one syllable about this Deadly Nightshade—that is to say, about this" FLOWER." Some hon. members, how ever, not unnaturally indignant at so very gross an evasion, could not resist calling aloud that same obnoxious pseudonym " FLOWER " Then, it was that—after a little further parrying and par leyin—at last—out it all came! " I have had letters addressed to my house," says Mr. STANSFELD, " under the name of FIORE." And the hon. gentleman himself obligingly adds—" The name of FLOWER, as every member knows [we wonder if Mr. P. A. TAYLOR did, by the way ?] is only the Italian translation [Mr. STANSFELD means, of course, though in his flurry he does not say it, the English translation] of that name." But even this is not all. After the discussion of last night was pretty well over—just immediately before the House went to a division—the inexorable member for Finsbury, drives Mr. STANS FELD yet more closer up into a corner, with this query —" I wish to know whether this in truth, MaeziNlP" Mr. FLOWER was not, There is no getting over that at any rote. And so, what—at last—does Mr. 'Itt;':SFELD say, mama- Sum THE SUN, LONtONI FRIDAY EVENING, 1111 ARCH 18, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CAPTURE OF A DANISH VESSEL, LISBON, MARCH 10, p.m. The Danish brig Prethe, from Leith to Barce lona, has been brought into this port by the Aus trian war steamer Schwartzenburg and the gunboat Seehund. The opposition to the Ministerial bill for the ion of the tobacco monopoly is increasing. abo' THE WAR IN DENMARK. BOMBARDMENT OF DUPPEL. COPENHAGEN, MABcri 17, 1.20 p.m. A vigorous bombardment of Duppel was carried on yesterday by the Prussians from Broager. The bombardment was continued all day but without result. A very strong artillery force opened fire r.gainst the right wing of the Danish position, but was soon withdrawn. The enemy is moving in Jutland and marching southwards. 6,000 Austrians have left Horsens. 600 Prussians have occupied the Island of Fe meren and have taken the Danish garrison of 96 men prisoners. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17, 4.45 p.m. The DagVadet of to-day says :—" Mr. Crowe, son of the English Consul. General at Christiania, has fled to this city from Veile, where he has been ill treated by the Austrians." The Austrians have made a requisition in Jutland for 5,000 oxen and 25,000 horses. DETAILS OF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. STRALSUND, MARCH 18. The naval engagement which took place yester day resulted in the withdrawal of the Prussian ships, closely pursued by the Danes, whose force had been in greased to seven vessels. The Prussian gunboats have safely reached Baden, and the two corvettes put into Schwinc munde, The Nymphe lost two and the Arcona three killed. The Summa had nine men wounded, among whom is Lieutenant Berger seriously. Great enthusiasm prevails among the seamen. This morning the Danish fleet sailed for Moen. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 17. The Minister of Finance intends to discount the bills, signed by the purchasers of national property with the Bank of Spain and an English banking firm. gijz LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1864. The Government is certainly acquiring for itself a most enviable character ! Abroad, it is treated alternately with insult and with ridicule. At home, as a rule, if a Liberal constituency is ap pealed to, it answers the appeal by returning a Conservative. The Foreign Policy of the Cabinet is a complete enigma. Its diplomatic interposition is every where powerless in its results, and is, besides that, everywhere regarded with jealousy and suspicion. Parliamentary Reform, which the Ministry was expressly formed to carry out, has, by this very Ministry, been completely shelved for the time being. What Ministers are in office for, except it be selfishly to enjoy the sweets of power, place, and patronage, together with all the perquisites, pecuniary and otherwise, appertaining to our administrators, is fairly incomprehensible. They are not there as Reformers. They care not twopence for Reform. Even Lord RUSSELL, now that he had his blue ribbon and his Earl's coronet, has stopped shedding tears for it. Instead of that—now that he •as a K.O. and an Earl—he tells us complacently to "Rest and be thankful !" Ard, looking to his colleague, what are some among the charming ministerial spectacles presented to our observation ? Why, just for a moment, let us enumerate a few of them. W© have a Leader of the House of Commons—as proof of what we are going here to say, we have only to look to the proceedings in the House last evening—we have a L ea d e r of the House of Commons who if he cannot exactly be said to "forget himseif," at any rate so far forgets.his own privileges, responsi bilities, duties even, we may say, as Leader, that he has to be reminded of them by the Leader of the Opposition ! Insomuch that Mr. DISRAELI is actu ally constrained, as Leader of the Opposition, to vindicate the privileges of the Leader of the present Government. Lord PALMERSTON, thereupon, but not until 'then, doing, at the instigation of Mr. DISRAELI, what the noble lord (cow nearly, it is true, eighty years of age, and therefore perhaps a little oblivious), had said only a few minutes p revi- Dusty that he couldn't do. We have a Chancellor of the Es:c:acqaer who can indulge by wholesale and by retail in personalities so gross that, (is the diately just before the division ? We listen eagerly — and among his remarks we hear him uttering these rather notable words :—" MAzzlea's letters were addressed to my house under the name of Fiore." He had previously reminded the house that FIORE expressed in English meant "Flower." Nay, he reminds his interrogators, " I said Flower was the English translation ; but," he adds immediately— " BUT, I said, to my knowledge, no letter addressed to Hr. Flower had ever come to my house," Really, as pretty a piece of prevarication, that, as we should certainly wish to see for many a long day ! He has had delivered at his house for MAZZINI, letters directed to FIORE FIORE meaning FLOWER—but, to his knowledge, no letter addressed to Mr. FLOWER ever cane to 35, rhurloe-zquerc, Brampton. Ahem ! And Mr.' BRIGHT, forsooth, in a burst of generous, not to say virtuous indignation, could not help deprecating the not:on of any one striving to make his way to the Treasury bench over the character, the reputation, the happiness, and the future lof the last appointed and. the youngest member of the Government ! The said in• genuous youth, this "youngest member of the Government," having been for the last eighteen years the intimate friend and associate of M. MAzzINI! Well, really the less that is said by Mr. STANSFELD'S vindicators about the "reputa tion," &e., that he has himself laid down in the dust by the side of M. MAzziNi—everything considered, perhaps—the better. The upshot of it all last night being—that we have now to regard as distinctly characteristic of the Ministry (among other agreeable little reflections), that literal truth just now—a truth that Ministers generally, from Lord PALMER STON downwards, deliberately recognise, resolutely stick to, and complacently make the most of—that among the " Ministers of the Crown" we have an avowed MEzzinian. A very interesting meeting took place on Wed ❑esday evening, in Exeter Hill, which, although it may well be overlooked in the crowd of more attrac tive and engrossing topics, was not without import ance as affecting our national welfare. The efforts of the Ragged School Union, whose tenth annual prize meeting was held on that occasion, are directed to the benefit and training of what are called will truth " the dangerous classes." It is difficult, as every philanthropist and social reformer knows, to deal with men and women, wbuie vagrant habits and unsettled ways of living are alone a formidable barrier against their following any decent or re- spectable mode of life, The task is, indeed, almost hopeless, for the old habits and associations form a . . bond too strong to be broken by exhortation entreaty, or warning. The plain inference then remains, that if we are to deal with these classes at all in the hope of permanent end extensive success, we must begin with the young. We must not, of course, relax our Efforts on ' behalf of the elders, hoping against hope in the good work ; but the old time-worn adage, which tells us that " Prevention is better than cure," is never more forcible in its application than in this case. Every influence of opening life is against the children of the Ragged Schools; their parents, their homes, their associates, their tasks, and their plea sures, all alike drag them on the downward road. Setting aside the cases in which children are trained as thieves, utterers of false coin, &e., the chances are a thousand to one against the boys and girls who play about our courts and alleys growing up to be respectable members of the community, if left to themselves. Yet their numbers are yearly on the increase, and every addition to the << dangerous classes" represents an expense to the country which would startle the uninitiated, besides the heavy national responsibility incurred in leaving these poor children to be led captive by ignorance, vice, and crime. I❑ this dilemma the Ragged School Union came valiantly to the rescue, hnd it has done good service for many a year among the mora wildernesses of oar mighty city. Not only does it provide these poor little way farers with the rudiments of sound instruc tion and religious and moral training, but i watches over them as far as possible when the schoolboy days are done, and the boy or girl is sent out into the trials and temptations of the modern Babylon. As a large proportion of those who leave school do so to enter service of some kind, prizes and testimonials are given by the society to those who have remained with the same employer for more than 12 months, and receive from him a good character. Every succeeding year in the same place claims a testimonial card which, of course, is very valuable to the receiver as a badge of character in getting other places. The ages within which the candidates' years must be reckoned are 12 and 17. We should imagine that the higher limit might he advantageously extended a year or two more, since, however much the first five or six years of the " teens" may tend to form the character and habits no one can pretend to say that the temptations of the young lad or girl are over at 17. On the contrary, the mast dif ficult and dangerous years are to come, and if the rewards offered by the society have any effect in inducing recipients to remain steadily in one place during that critical period, it is certainly a pity that its beneficial influence does not extend a little further. The number of claimants who come for ward for these tokens of approval is large, and it is doubly gratifying that it should be so, both as show ing that the prizes and cards are valued, and as proving that many of these ragged scholars are going on well in life. Daring the ten years-of these prize meetings, more than six thousand prizes have been distributed, and 530 claimants have come for war&this year, 430 of whom receive their rewards for the first time. But it is pleasing to know that of the remaining hundred, many have kept the same place for six or seven years. From such a start, there is good reason to hope for a useful and honourable career, since, if stoadinesss and self respect aro cultivated at so early an ago there is a good substratum laid for all future life. The good that has been effected by the little brigade of shoeblacks in connection with the Ragged School Union is a recognised fact, and the sums saved by many of these industrious little fellows is something wonderful when we consider the small amount of their earnings. It would be a good thing if it were possible to establish some kind of little savings bank for these ragged school scholars, which should encourage in them habits of providence and self denial. Much amusement was created at the prize meeting by the presentation of ouo of the testimonial cards to the noble Chairman and President of the Union, whose services in the cause certainly entitle him to receive any token of merit connected with it. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY has continued to add to the laurels so worthily won by Lord ASHLEY, as knight champion of the poor forlorn, neglected, or oppressed, the helper of those who cannot, from ignorance or weakness, raise a voice on their own behalf. His public appeal for aid to the fonds of the Association, exhausted by temporary pressure, brought forth a hearty response which quickly placed it in a very different position. There is surely no reason to fear that the good work will bo suffered to languish for want either of funds or of personal inspection, when the good it hat, effected is so manifeetly apparent, and the numbers it has trained and taught are reckoned not by hundreds but by thouond9. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our markets to-day the arrivals of English wheat were small. Both red and white qualities met, how ever, a slow sale, at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat, the market was but moderately sup plied, the transactions were, for the most part, of retail character; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in bat moderate request, at late rates. The supply of barley on the stands was moderately large. Sales, generally speaking, progressed slowly, yet prices ruled stationary. Malt sold slowly, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. The trade was dull for all qualities, and prices had a downward tendency. For beans and peas the trade was in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in the currency. Flour changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEL. Wheat Barley. Malt, Oath. Flow knglish 930 1,310 3,350 7,320 1 1,110 Irish — f -- 5,320 1,330 750 1?,260 50 sks 2,240 brie NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. For supplies of meat are on sale at thesemarkets. The rade generally is firm, and prices have, in some instances, slightly improved. Per Mb. by the carcase. s d s d odsd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 ' Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 slidelting do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 rime large do. 3 8 3 10 Vaal Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 0 4 6 Large pork .... 3 '2 3 10 _,amb Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. For hops of last year's growth there is a steady demand, and previous quotations are well supported. Yearlings and olds are, however, a dull inquiry, yet no material change has taken place in their value since we last wrote. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 10s per owl Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 78 ~ Sussex 4 15s to 6 153 „ Yearlings 4Osto 6 Os „ Bavarian 5 53 to 8 8s „ Belgian American BRITON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, ANNUAL MEETING. The ordinary annual meeting of the policy and share• holders in this society was held yesterday, at the society's house, 429, Strand. Francis Webb, Esq., in the absence of Dr. Barlow, the chairman of the board, presided. The Secretary read the following report of the directors for the past year :- The directors of the Briton Medical and General Life Association have the pleasure again to meet the proprietors and members, and to submit to them a report of the trans actions of the association for the past 3 ear. The proposals f r new assurances have been 3,147 in number, for assuring £746,425: of these 181 for assuring £50,320 have been declined. 412 for assuring £116,050 have not been carried into effect. 279 for assuring £60,550 were in various stages of pro gress at the conclusion of the year. The remainder have beon complete', and 2,328 policies issued assuring £567,453, and producing a uew income of £18,372 2e. Six annuities have been granted, for which the associa tion has received the sum of £1,123 16s. The following table exhibits the gratifying progress of the ass - ciation for the past six years : - Year. No. of Amount No. of Amount New ' proposals. pro, osed. policies. assured. premiums. 1858 1,971 £ )95,815 ,312 1.1462,81; £8,324 14 8 1859 2,370 430,265 1,751 314,240 9,751 16 7 1810 2,405 466 784 1,805 316,161 10,023 12 6 1851 2,5!2 482,950 1,839 319,9.)0 10,081 11 3 1862 2,810 653,233 2,0 ;3 450, 10 15, 75 13 6 1063 3,147 746,423 2,328 567,453 18,372 2 0 From the above returns it will bo seen the office has maintained a continuous rate of progress, each year's re sults showing a marked improvement over those of the pre ceding one. The increase in the new premiums of the year 1863 over those of 1862 exceeds 20 per cent, and to look still further back in the history of the Association, the new business of the last year is more than doable that of 1858, and nearly six times that of 1856. 'I he receipts for the past year from all sources have been £113,681 12s 95. Atter the payment of claims, surrenders, annuities,re-assurances, dividends, and all other out-goings, there remains the satisfactory balance in favour of the association on the year's transactions of £45,100 is 6d, which has been duly carried to the reserve fund. The assets of the association now amount to £216,312 7s 115. The accounts from which these statements aro deduced have been carefully audited by the appointed auditors, who have reported to the directors as fellows :- TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Gentlemen,—We have 'carefully investigated the ac counts, books, and veuchers, from which the balance sheet is made, and beg to report the same correct. We have slso inspected the vat ions securities comprised in the assets of tile association. It is gratifying that, not withstanding the magnitude of the transactions, we are able to repeat our testimony as to the care and accuracy with which the various books are kept, —We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, HENRY ALGOCK, WILLIAM BROOKS } Auditors. JOHN BROWN, C. It. itOWLAND, During the year Mr. Arthur Scratchley, M.A., the con sulting actuary of the association, has made a valua ion of its assets and liabilities with a view to the declaration of a bonus. Mr. Scratctley's investigation has been of the most complete and searching character. From his report the directors are p eased to find that after providing for every known liability up to the termination of the year 1862, and setting aside an. ample reserve for all future contingencies, there remains an available balance of profit of L 20,607 14a 2d. This sum the directors will at once proceed to distribute amongst the policyholders and shareholders in accordance with the terms of the deed of settlement of the association, viz., four-fifths to the policy holders and one-fifth to the shareholders. The amount to be awarded each member will be commu nicated with all possible despatch, and those who avail themselves of the special method of bonus appropriation in troduced by the association, if thy have not yet partici pated in a profit distribution, will have a specific time named for the payment of their policies during lifetime. Those members who participated in the last division of profits will have another and an earlier period named for the payment of their policies, as will be fully explained in the bonus circular. The bonus now declared will be equal to a reversionary bonus of 40 per cant. on the premiums paid in the last three years. The proprietors share of the bonus now allotted will be be carried to the credit and in augmentation of the capital firid, and will be equal to about 25 per cent. on the amount paid up. The directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of b per cent, par annum on the increased capital be declared, which will be equivalent to a 53. per cent. on the amount of the original capital of the association. Three of the directors of the association, Va., Br. Samuel Richards, Mr. William Hamilton, and Mr. William Man ton, in accordance with the deed of settlement, retire by rotation, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re election. In concluding their report the directors feel justified in expressing their conviction that the shareholders and mem bers will unite with them in the feelines of satisfaction with which they regard the present position of the association. The directors, however, strongly urge upon them that thy should also undo in still further strengthening and improv ing that position. The excellent features and increasing popularity of the association as shown by its new policies, its large income and rosources as seen fr©m the accounts, its secure and sound position as testified by the consulting actuary's report, are all grounds on which its friends may fairly recommend it to th 3 notice of intending assurers, and the directors earnestly solicit the co-operation of all interested in the continued success of the association, in the prenau' gation of its special objects, and the advancement of those principles of prudence and equity for the development of which the association was established. The CHAIRMAN said, after the very satisfactory report that had just been read to them, he felt he need not occupy the time of the meeting but a very short time, It' must be highly gratifying and encourag ing to find they were still in the ascending scale of new business, and next year he felt certain he should have the same pleasurable result to communicate to them. Atter all deductions of every description from the receipts, they were enabled to carry over to the reserve fund £45,000. (Rear, hear) It was looked upon as au indisputable proof of soundness in my office if they carried over a third of its receipts, but they of the Briton did more than this. (Hear, hear.) The auditors had minutely examined the whole of their securities, &e., and it was highly satisfactory to know that th*y were perfectly satisfied as to the firm and solid position of their affairs. (Hear, hear.) They had all heard of the Government Annuities Bill, and he would only just allude to it by saying that he thought it, was for the pupose of doing more than was really repre sented. He thought it twas getting in the thin end of the wedge to enable the Government to take up life assurance for larger sums than £10). With respect to the assurance ' of the working classes he felt certain that no office would, or did, more to promote so desirable an object as the Briton. (Rear, hear.) He had much pleasure in moving the formal resolution for the adoption of the report. Dr. TYLER SMITH seconded the motion, and congratu lated the meeting en the position of the office, whicu, he said, must be a source of pleasure to every one present. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, when it was carried unanimously. Dr. LANQASTER moved the re-election of the retiring directors. They had served the society well, and that he telt there would be no objection, to his proposition. (Hear.) With respect to the Government Annuities Bill he did not look upon It with any alarm, because he knew that a volun tary association of talented working men would beat the Government hollow. (Hear, hear and laughter.) Look at her shipbuilding—(hear, hear.)—in proof of what he said. They built at an enormous expense, and after all they were not what they ought to be. (Hear, hear,) He felt the Chancellor's bill would prove a great boon to the working classes, and he hoped it would receive the assent of Parliament. The motion was seconded by Mr. JOILN KING, and carried unanimously. Dr. RICHARDS, on the part of his re-elected colleagues, returned thanks. Resolutions re-electing the auditors were also carried, as was also one for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report. A congratulatory vote of thanks was also accorded to, and gracefully acknowledged by, A. Scramley, Esq., the eminent actuary, for the c Ire he had bestowed upon the valuation he had just made:of the affairs of the society. The CHAIRMAN moved, and Professor PARTRIDSE seconded, to vote of thanks to Mr. Messent, their actuary and secretary. Mr, MESSENT, in returning thanks, said he felt exceed ingly gratified at the manner in which the vote had been awarded him. It was but justice that he should state that he was greatly indebted to the exertions of his staff. All were animated with but ono desire, viz., the prosperity of the office. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated. THE FUTURE EMPEROR and EMPRESS of MEXICO are said to have won all he,rts during their stay in Paris, by the interest they displayed in visiting all the objects worthy of note in the capital, and by their simple and unaffected manners. They were on more than one occasion to bo seen, walking arm in arm, and makiug pur chases, as private individuals, at one or two of th•l best shops of the town, and the last act of the Princess was to pay a visit to Disderi, photographer, of the Boulevard des Itatiens, to whom she sat for her portrait. Two steam• frigates of the French navy, the Theorise and the ll:opera trice Eugenie, are to form an escort of honour to the Austrian frigate Novara, which is to convey the illustrious couple from Trieste to their new dominions in Mexico. THE IMPERIAL rItINCE, Napoleon W. that " is to be" (let us hope many years hence I) has just attained his eighth year, and it is s kid will shortly have—in addition to professors and tutors of all kinds—.lides-de-eautp, equerzies, orderly officers ; secretaries, and librarians. COLONIAL. TEA.—At the public sales full rates have been obtained for fiae qualities of congous and greens; about .16,500 pack ages were offered, of which 8,000 were sold. Su AR.—Business has continued quiet, and prices have not varied to any important extent. In the refined market quotations have exhibited little or no change of importance. COFFEE.—The dealings in colonial have been to an ave rage extent, and both native and plantation Ceylon realised former prices. • RICE.--A fair inquiry for East India, but the high rates demanded by holders has in some measure disturbed ope rations. FRUlT.—Currants have been in fair demand, and for raisins, figs, and other descriptions there has been a fair inquiry at late prices. TALLOW.—The market has been dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 42s 42s 3d ; April to June, 42s 3d; and last three months, 44s 9d per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market very strong. Sales about 10,000 bales or more. Friday and Saturday next, Easter Holidays. The Pit Inundation at Chesterfield. CHESTERFIELD, Thursday, At four o'clock this morning the water had been so much reduced that a number of men were able to enter the workings. They succeeded in rescuing eight of the men. At noon they proceeded further into the pit and rescued the remaining four. Beyond a little weakness from want of food the men and boys appear to have suffered little from their incar ceration. One of the bays made his appearance at the top of the pit this afternoon, and looked on as though nothing bad occurred. THE ROYAL BABY is stated to have borne the business of the christening remarkably well ; but the natural curiosity of the populace to set eyes upon a child who has been so much talked about, and whose name and personal qualities have supplit d the theme for so much conversation, was doomed. to disappointment. On the morning of the ceremony the little Prince was quietly smuggled from Marlborough House to Buckingham Palace, and by the same conveyance—whatever that may have been —was taken back again, greatly to the disgust of a very large concourse which had assembled in St. James's • t'ark to behold him on his way. Those who have had the good fortune to see Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward of Wales, repoft of him that he is a charming baby, though a trite inclining t;) tiny,-2/14 Court airgnide. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, FEB. 14. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Disturbances have taken place in Cordova. Exchange WI. Ounces 28. Wet salted hides 37. Dry American 36 to 39. Wooi active demand at former prices. Tallow 13i. Lumber 26 to 30. Flour advancing. Imports dull. Large arrivals of salt. Freights lower. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 18. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Hammonia, from New York on the sth inst., has arrived off C3wes with 113 passengers. She brings no specie. Oa the lOth inst. she spoke the English barque Orkney Liss, bound for Liverpool. The Hammonia's news has been anticipated. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCR 17. MR. STANSFELD AND THE GRECO PLOT. Order for committee of supply read, Motion made and question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "the statement of the Procureur General on the trial of Greco, implicating a member of this house and of her Majesty's Government in the plot for the assassination of our ally the Emperor of the French, deserves the serious consideration of this house," instead thereof. Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question," The house divided —Ayes, 171; Noes, 161, AYES —l7l. i Adam,W. P. Glyn, G. C. Palmerston, Visct. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Glyn, G. G. Peel, Sir R. Angerstein, W. Goldsmid, Sir F. I'eel, F. Antrobus, E. Goschen, G. J. Peuder, J. Aytoun, K. S. Gower, F. L. Pcto, Sir M. Baines, E. Gowet, G. W. L. Pilkington, James Baring, H. B. Gregson, S. Pinney, Col. Baring, Tlios. Geo. Ureufell, If. R. I'oiisonby, A. Barnes, T. Gr(sp, Sir G. Potter, E. Bass, M. T. G urdou, B. Pritchard, John Beale, Samuel Haubury, R. Pugh, D. Beaument,Somerset Ilankey, Thomson Robartes, T. J. A. Berkeley, C. I'. F. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Robertson, D. Bleueowe, J. G. Hartington,Marquis Bobertson, H. Bonham-Carter, J. Ileadlam, Thos. E. Roebuck, J. A. Bouverie, E. P. lienuerson, J. Russell, A. J. E. Bright, J. Henley, Lord Russell, Sir Wm. Bruce, H. A. Herbert, H. A. St. Aubyn, J. Buchanan, W. Ilibbert, J. T. Salomous,A.derman Buller, J. W. Hod,gtinson, G. Scholefle,d, W. Buller, Sir A. li odgeon, K. itcott, Sir W. Bury, Viscount Howard, Hon. C. Seely, C. Butler, C. S. Ilutt, W. Seymour, Danby Butt, Isaac Ingham, R. Seymour, A Buxton, C. Jackson, W. Sheridan, R. B. Caird, James Kershaw, J. Sheridan, H. B. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. King,, , , Hon. P. Smith, J. B. Castlerosse, Viet. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, M. T. Childers, H. C. E. Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, Augustus Clay, James Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, J. A. Clifford, C. C. Layard, A. H. Stacpoole, W. Clive, George Leatham, E. Stansfeld, J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lefeyre, G. J. S. Steel, John Collier, sir It. P. Lee, W. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lewis, Harvey Taylor, P. A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lindsay, W. S. Thornhill, W. P. Crawford, It. W. Lloyd, T. Tite, Wm. Crossley, Sir F. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R.' Tollemache, Hon.F. Davey, it. Lysley, W. Tracy, Hon. C. Denman, G. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.)Turuer, J. A. Doulton, F. Marjoribanks, D. C. Villiers, lit. Hon. C. Duff, M. E. Massey, W. N. Vivian, 11. H. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Merry, James, Warner, Edward Dundas, Frederick Mildmay, H. Watkins, Cel. L. DundaS, Sir David Miller, William Weguelin, T. Enfield, Viscount Mills, J. R. Western, S. Evans, T. W. Moffatt, George Westhead, J. Swart, William Montagu, Lord R. Whitbread, S. Ewart, J. C. Morrison, W. White, Jas. Fenwick, Henry Norris, J. T. White, L. Fermoy, Lord Ogilvy, Sir J. Williams, W. Forster, Charles D. Osborne R. B. Wood, Sir C. Forster, W. E. Pac,e, Col. Woods, Henry Fortescue, Hon. F. Padmore, It. Wyld, James Fortescue, C. S. Paget, C. Gibson. T. M. Paget, Lord A. TELLERS. Gilpin. C. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B. Gladstone, IV. E. Palmer, Sir It. Knatchbull-Hugess NOES —l6!. Acton, Sir J. George, John Nicol, William Adderley, C. B. Greaves, Edward Noel, G. J. Addington, Hon.W. Greenall, G. Northcote, Sir S. H. Archdall, Capt.M E. Greene, J. O', eilly, Al. W. Astell, J. 11. Greville, Col. P. Packe; C. Bailey, C. Griffith, C. D. Pakington, Sir J. S. Baillie, H. J. Grogan, Sir E. Parker, Major NV. Barttelot, Col. llaliburton, T. C. Patten, Col. W. Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Paull, H. Bathurst, Co .H. Hamilton, Viscount I'eacocke, G. M. Beach, W. W. Hamilton, i. T. Peel, Gen. Bective, Earl of Hardy, Gathorne Pennant, Col. Beecrott, G. S. Hartopp, E. B. Pevensey, Viscount Bentinck, G. W. P. Harvey, it. B. Powell, F. S. Bernard, Thos. T. Hassard, M. D. Repton, G. W. J. Bond, J. W. hay, Sir J Ridley, Sir M. W. Bovill, Wm. Henley, J. Rowley , Hon. R. T. Bowyer, Sir G. Hennessy, J. P. Salt, T. Bramley -Moore, J. Heygate Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G. Brainston, T. W. Heygate, W. U Scott, Lord H. Bridges, Sir B. Hollord, R. S. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, C. L. C. Holmesdale, Lord Smith, Abel Bruce, Sir 11. Hu s.al., T. B. Smith, S. G. ' Burghley, Lord Hotham, Lord Smollett, P. Cairns, Sir H. Humberstone, P. S. Somerset, Col. E. Cargill. W. Hume, W. Somes, Joseph Cave, S. .Humphery, W. Stanhope, J. B. Cecil, Lord R. Hunt, G. W. Stanley, Lord Chapman, J. Jervis, Captain Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Clifton, Sir R. Jolliffe, Sir W. Surtees, H. E. Codriugton, Sir W Kerrison, Sir E. Taylor, Colonel Cole, Hon. H. King, J. K. Tempest, Lord A.V. Collins, T. Knight, F. Thynne, Lord E. Cox, W. Knox, ,01. Tollemache, J. H. Cubitt, George Knox, Major W. S. Tomline, G. Dalkeith, Earl of Laird, J. Torrens, It. Darner, S. D. Leader, N. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Dickson, Col. Leg - h, Major C. Turner, C. Disraeli. Benjamin Leg,h, W. J. Vance, John Duncombe, W. E. Lennox , Lord G. G. Vandeleur, Col. Edwards, Col. Lennox , C. Vansittart, Wm. Egerton, A. F. Lovaine , Lor d Vyse, Cot. Egerton, E. C. Lygon, Hon. 10. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Elcho, Lord Lytton, Sir E. B. Walker, James It Elphinstone, Sir J. M'Cann, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Estcourt, S. Malcolm, J. W. Waterhouse, S. Fane, Col. Malins, R. Whitmore, H. Farquhar, Sir M. Manners, Lord J. Wyndham, lion. P. Fergusson, Sir J. Miles, Sir W. Wynn, C. W. W. Ferrand, W. Miller, T. Yorke, Hon. E. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mitford, W. T. Yorke, J. R. Fleming, T. W. Montgomery, Sir G. teloyer J. Moo , H. TELLERR. Fraser, Sir W. A. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Lennox, Lord H. G. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Naas, Lord Stracey, Sir H. MARKETS—This Day. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 17.—The arrival of the English funds with a rise of a has given buoyancy to the market. Three 9, for the Account, are now at 60f. 40c., and Mobilier at 1,075 f. Railway Market quiet, bat with slight variation in prices up to the present time. Threes again receded towards the close, but Mobilier was well maintained. The market left off as follows 4i per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 25 Credit Mobilier 1067 50 Do. end Bank Shares 3312 50 Credit Foncier 1330 Roman Italian Loan Do. end month — New ditto ...... Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Three 3 52 Home Debt Deferred FAYB. ILA IL Amount. Casts. 1007 50 .. 960 .. 9 60 Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 943 76 .. 945 N e w ditto - • • --- S rathern Western Eastern Sardinian A us t r i an Lotrimrd . North of Spain Saragossa 5 87 60 .. 590 Ditto to Barcelona - .2 280 The Late. Alpine Catastrophe. The tourist who so marvellously escaped in t late accident, near Sion, in the Valais, gives the following account of the occurrence :—" On the 28th of February, Mr. Boissomet and I left Sion, at half-past two a.m. with feer g uides, to mount the Haut de Cry—a mountain of 9,700 feet high, in the neighbourhood of Sion. My friend had as guide Bennet), the first guide in the Valais. I had a simple chamois hunter who knew the mountain, but only that one. The night was splendid ; we walked up the pine forests, and a little before seven saw the sun rise above the moun tains. It was one of those eights almost too beauti ful to describe; the air was calm, the sky cloud less, and the temperature a half degree above freezing point (centigrade). We measured the height, and found it about 7,000 feet. Our progress found no obstacle, and about twelve we were within 750 feet of the summit. We had been enjoying the splendid day, and we were so happy. Suddenly the snowfield, on which we were crossing diago nally, tore above us, and the lower part began to descend with us ; we had started an avalanche under our feet. I made one desperate attempt to stop our progress, by driving my pole deep intothe snow. It was useless. We were all six carried down lowards the valley, and stopped only after having passed over 1,800 or 2,000 feet of ground. The rope tore between the first and second guide, but this was useless, as nothing can arrest an avalanche e n. The descent of the size of that which h ad started ; it was several t h hundred yardsmway have taken about oneide, and of an enormous length. minutthee,nlghhta, my dtimleaett prayer. Durin g the descento think of home, and to make, as I I was buried once, then I cams again to the sur face; the motion ceased, the avalanche had stopped ; its last wave covered me. Instinctively I threw up my arms to protect my head; in the moment the avalanche stopped it froze. I then thought I should be crushed to death. It was dark, and I was suffocating. 1 could not move, for 1 was frozen hard. At last I felt that my hands, as far as the wrist, had motion. 1 uncovered the snow above my head; at last I saw a little light, but my hands could not reach my mouth, the arms being imprisoned. I pierced, with a last terrible effort, tae crust of snow that was before my mouth. I felt air again. God had saved me. Oa my right hand Bennen, the guide, lay dead ; on my left my poor friend. You cannot imagine how I came down again into the plain, it took five hears and thence I went to Sion in a carriage. My feet had suffered from frost ; thank God, the surface alone has suffered, and my doctor says I shall soon be well again. My poor friend and his guide were found again, one on the day following, the other Tour days after. The other three guides escaped with slight wounds, save my personal guide, who had nothing. It was he who took me out of the 611071 and ice, as he sat my boucle.' r t 16 4 ,7 ,e, efilifo HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 17. The Queen, aCcompa.nied by her Royal Hlghness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her R o yal Highness Princess Beatrice tcolc a carriege drive. The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers had an audience of the Queen. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales root° on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, and visited the King of the Belgians at Buckingham Pakce. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Countess D 3 Grey, and also visited the King of the Belgians. His ALii,?sty the King of the Belgians visited their Royal Highnesses t he Prince and Princess of Wales at. MArlborouzli House. The Prince of Wtites, accompanied by Prince Jo n of Giucksburg, visited Mr. Leighton's studio in Ortne-square, Bayswater. The Prince and Princess of Wales end Prince John of Glucksburg dined with the Duchess of Inverness at Kensingzon Pakce. In attendance on their royal highnesses were the Countess Da Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, and Baron Guldencrone. Mr. H. Weigall has been honoured with a sitting for his portrait of her royal highness the Princess of Wales. Mr. Joseph Wyon has also been honoured with a sitting from her royal highness for the medal which. he is executing for the City of London. The late Duchess of Kent, WINDSOR CASTLE, March 17. Yesterday being the anniversary of the beloved and revered Duchess of Kent's loss, the Queen and royal family, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley and Lady Fanny Howard, formerly ladies in wait ing to her royal highness, repaired to the mauso lea.) of the duchess at Froglnc;re, where the statue of her royal highness (a cast shortly to be replaced in marble) was uncovered. The statue, which is by Mr. Theed, and was modelled under the superintendence of the Prince Consort, represents the duchess standing. It is on a pedestal of imperial red Portuguese marble, a nd is placed in a temple over the chamber containing the sarcophagus. Over tne statue is inscribed the following in' s.cription " Her children rise up and call her blessed." The foilowlog liues by Mr. Tennyson are also ascribed "Long as the heart beats life within her breast, Thy child will bless thee, guardian, mother mild, Ane far away thy memory will be blest, By children of the children of thy child." The temple forming the mausoleum was designed by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. `ROYAL ALHAMBRA CIRCUS, The programme at this popular place of amuse" ment has been entirely changed, M. Franconi'S French company oi l equestrians having been changed for a German company under the direction of M' Francois Loisset. M. Loisset is one of those cosmv politan gentlemen peculiar to circuses, who, though born in France, belongs a little to every country; and his well-deserved fame as an equestrian direr tor and rider of the " high school" bee been Game d by hard work for many years throughout German , ' and the Netherlands. His company is large and well selected, being particularly strong in clever dashing ladies of great personal attraction, and 1° precocious infants. The horses appear to be wel l trained and in good condition, and all the appoint' meats are characterised by much taste. The ar pearance of the ring -masters, dressed in something like full Prussian cavalry uniform, had a most brit' tient effect, and even the clowns, of which there are three or four, including the well-known Mr, Croueste, late of the Adelphi, had something of giitterivg novelty imparted to their costume. First there was an engaging child, called Little Clautilde, a niece of the director, who opened th e programme with a very spirited vaulting act. Nei t in point of success was a French equestrian game te a race after ribbons attached to the shoulders, ese' cuted with great skill and neatness by three ledie 6 Emma, Pezald, and Baden. M. Loisset exhibited e splendid " trick-horse," and went through an sot °f " high" riding—managing two fine horses, one ri d ; den and the other driven, with equal success. Pet charming child, Master Charles Thompson — s tated in the bills to be only six years otd—gathere d perfect harvest of oranges for a clever Btondin Pe r formance on the low rope; and Messrs. Franck 611 a Helbing—the first on the trap(ze, the second cn 0 horizontal bar—gained much applause for their O f hibition of muscular power. The " star rider" ° the company appears to be Miss Louise Loisset - 1 lady wile takes every leap, whether over a (1 0 : 4 %, sheets or through fifty hoops, without any 14 ' 1 % bounds or hesitation. The whole performan ce remarkable for its pleasant and varied eh:erecter„,l for style, precision, end rapid movement. By er ': member of the company was most warmly r eceil e by a very crowded and a very enthusiastic audievee. - Federals Convicted of Enlistments at Cary Assizes, The result of the prosecution of the pereeo-, charged, at Core, with a breach of the Foreign listment Act, disposes of at least one question ab °ll o which some controversy has been raised betyfeeo our Government and that of America. There O re no longer be any denial of the facts, which ate generally well known in Ireland, though the l e l; h0 proof was not forthcoming, that the agents of i- ti t Northern Mates have set the law of England 9 . defiance. Whilst their Ambassador in London Il ef complaining that Great Britain was not true to 11 40 professions of neutrality, and Mr. Seward "iit, penning threatening letters to our Governteeibe and demanding that the Enlistment Act tabollOto put more rigorously in force, certain officers in t o Federal service have been engaged in flagrant °re, insolent violation of its provisions in the very p e as Bence of the British authorities. In the case c" io e Kearsage there was little or no attempt at ell° jo or disguise. The illegal proceedings took Pic'eeiti the harbour of Cork, with an amount of a ndee pet which rendered detection comparatively east' 40 4 for this circumstance they might have been es' o f on with: greater success. It is satisfactory' I) O o lie ever, that even a single case has been brought irie to the offenders. Mr. Adams, who so p er 10r ciously denied that there was any f oun dation 0 01 the charge against the Federal Governmen t ' 0' now a practical answer given to him in the Pl e a to " Guilty" which the prisoners were well ad vise or make. Had there been any failure of evidel leß ro t ers any chance of escaping by a technical point' to so can be no doubt that they would strenuoue l Y 10 0 resisted the prosecution. But the case aga itist eve e was irresistible, and they wisely threw them tefo, on the mercy of the Crown. It is to be 11 0 P e . on the clear, impressive, and eloquent expositive to the law by the Attorney-General will o r J o' awaken the peasant classes to a sense of the ate gets which they incur by yielding to t he te 0)0 tions which are held out to them by blisc rtlP D al ugents. The miserable condition of 5° lured thousands of their countrymen who ha ve beeoos eise from their homes by delusive representoti; $: described in such terms as could hardly cite their vigilant suspicion of those vie ° ° o° l 4 their own base and selfish purposes, to 1 0°0 ;0 40 , eo to " emigrate." We trust that the lesson of t upon them in the kind and judicious addrebeeriefiej: Attorney-General will be productive of s .e 01; effect. The observatious of Mr. Justi ce , are d; which gave it additional point and fore _OO os serving the serious attention of our state:3lode be rulers, as well as of the people in whose d lo ysi t i o ; desired' to instil fee; lugs of content ment and Ded' which are fostered by the just rtAY srda industry.--Daily Express.